Proverbs 23:13 “Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with…”

Proverbs 23:13

Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

World English Bible

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

American Standard Version

Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

Geneva Bible 1599

Withhold not correction from the childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall not die.

Darby Translation

Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:

Young's Literal Translation

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

Bible in Basic English

Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

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In context

12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

14Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

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